Man in custody after police surround house near Dawn, Mo.

A man is in custody after a brief standoff today with law enforcement officials at a residence near Dawn.

Jeffrey S. Griffith, 40, was taken into custody shortly after 8 a.m. Griffith was wanted on a Platte County felony warrant of resisting arrest, a Buchanan County warrant for assault, and a St. Joseph warrant for failure to appear in court. Griffith was located inside of a building on the property near Dawn, and initially refused to exit the building when directed by law enforcement officers. Additional Missouri State Highway patrol troopers, Livingston County deputies, and Caldwell County deputies responded to the area to assist.

Griffith was taken into custody without any further incident, and taken to the Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail.